These Wolves Can Play Fetch!

Dogs who can play fetch with their owners are great. Why? Because playing fetch is not something simple. A dog must be able to perceive that the person wants the ball back. The canine also has to be social enough to want to play with the person in the first place. It is a skill so advanced that scientists think that it could have been around over thousands of years of domestication.

A new study, however, reveals that some gray wolves, the ancestors of dogs, can also play fetch.

The work supports the idea that the roots of many of the traits and behaviors we see in domesticated animals, from cats to chickens, may be present in their wild relatives.

More details about the study over at Science Magazine.

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He does have electricity. Note the electric iron. On the other hand, my mother used to put food on the back porch during freezing weather. While at the University of Minnesota, people would attach a sturdy box outside the dorm window to keep things cold. Interestingly enough, the same outdoor box would heat up food in the summer.

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or just buy a yeti, and also stay in the city you'll be closest to electricity and wholefoods